{"id":5013,"date":"2010-06-19T17:52:39","date_gmt":"2010-06-19T22:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=5013"},"modified":"2010-06-19T18:54:06","modified_gmt":"2010-06-19T23:54:06","slug":"an-early-start-to-beat-the-heat-june-19th-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2010\/06\/19\/an-early-start-to-beat-the-heat-june-19th-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"An Early Start to Beat The Heat &#8211; June 19th Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After last weekend&#8217;s indoor excursion to the hospital I wanted to get an early start on the ride today. I did make it out the door at 6:59 AM and the cooler temperature was greatly appreciated. With this early start I thought I might see some other riders but I did not see anyone until I was within 2 miles of home.<\/p>\n<p>The ride got off to a good start until I ran over a rock on the US59 service road Caney Creek bridge just north of New Caney. I got a pinch flat so I pulled over to patch the hole. I have to admit my patching credentials are not what they should be since I have been known to miss the hole with the patch. This was not a problem today but while I was fixing the flat the perspiration was pouring from my brow, arms and about anywhere it could. Where does all of this liquid come from?<\/p>\n<p>After the flat things went well. The skies were populated by the little puffy white clouds that have been around most of the week. Temperature was 78 degrees when I passed New Caney High School and was 94 degrees when I got home. Wind was not really a factor being around 9 mph or less from variable directions.<\/p>\n<p>When I got home I decided it was time to perform several maintenance things: rotate tires, replace the Wipperman chain with a SRAM PC-1050 I have had for awhile. All went well until I tired to install the removable link in the chain. As much as I tired I could not get it to lock in place. I ended up reusing the Wipperman removable link.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s ride statistics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>miles = 53.03<\/li>\n<li>Riding time = 3:39:38<\/li>\n<li>average pace = 4:08 min\/mile<\/li>\n<li>average speed = 14.5 mph<\/li>\n<li>max speed = 21.6 mph<\/li>\n<li>average cadence = 77 rpm<\/li>\n<li>max cadence = 112 rpm<\/li>\n<li>climb 218 ft., descend 222 ft., max elevation 141 ft.<\/li>\n<li>June miles 322.85<\/li>\n<li>YTD miles 2363.60<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Today I brought my Flip camera along and recorded some places I rode through.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"play\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"loop\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/SXutVQxZ-ZI\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Click on any of thumbnails to bring up a larger view.<\/p>\n<p>[nggallery id=61]<\/p>\n<p>[iframe http:\/\/connect.garmin.com:80\/activity\/embed\/37452374 465 548]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After last weekend&#8217;s indoor excursion to the hospital I wanted to get an early start on the ride today. I did make it out the door at 6:59 AM and the cooler temperature was greatly appreciated. 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